Heideman earns highest
FFA degree
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Cruz-In winners announced
This Mustang was one of the entries in the 18th Annual St. Paddy’s Cruz-In. -Photo by
David Sykes.
The 18 th annual St.
Paddy’s Cruz-In was held
March 16 in Heppner with
33 cars entered in the event.
Cars and their owners came
from Heppner, Hermis-
ton, Pendleton, Richland,
Kennewick, The Dalles,
Ontario, Ione, Pasco, Ir-
rigon, Spray, La Grande,
Summerville, Umatilla,
Klamath Falls, Boardman
and Walla Walla.
Best of Show went to
Larry and Diana Stephen-
son from West Richland
in a 1937 Buick Special
Model 44. Their Buick also
took the top award for the
Participant’s Choice class
and Best Fat Fender.
The Mustang’s Choice
winner was Robert Schil-
ling of Pendleton in a 1968
Ford Mustang and the Lep-
rechaun’s Choice went to
Steve and Kathy Oliver
from Summerville in their
1965 Ford Thunderbird.
Best Convertible honors
went to Boardman’s Jeff
Sax and his 1968 Pontiac
LeMans convertible.
Best 30s and 40s car or
pickup was a 1939 Chevy
pickup owned by Archie
Ball of Heppner. The 50s
and 60s pickup winner was
a 1956 Ford pickup owned
by Derek Harrington of
Irrigon. The best 50s and
60s car winner was William
Hickey of Walla Walla with
a 1969 Oldsmobile Toro-
nado.
Loyal Burns of Ione
won the 70s or newer pick-
up class with his 1981
Chevy C10 pickup. The
best 70s and 80s car winner
was Joe Munoz, Pasco, and
his 1989 Pontiac Firebird.
Jake Heideman of the
Ione FFA Chapter earned
the highest degree the FFA
organization can bestow
upon its members during
the annual state convention.
The State FFA Degree is
given to qualified members
of the state FFA association.
To be eligible to receive the
State FFA Degree from the
State Association, the mem-
ber must meet the following
minimum qualifications:
Have received the
Chapter FFA Degree; Have
been an active FFA mem-
ber for at least two years
(24 months) at the time of
receiving the State FFA De-
gree; While in high school,
have completed the equiv-
alent of at least two years
(360 hours) of systematic
school instruction in ag-
ricultural education at or
above the ninth grade level,
which includes a supervised
agricultural experience;
Have earned and pro-
ductively invested at least
$1,500 or unpaid placement
hours, times a factor of
3.56, plus actual dollars
earned and productively
invested must be equal to
or greater than the number
1,500. Hours used for the
purpose of producing earn-
ings reported as productive-
ly invested income shall not
be duplicated as hours of
credit to meet the minimum
requirements for the degree.
A minimum of 500 hours
must be worked in the last
two years regardless of the
type of SAE project;
Demonstrate leadership
ability by performing 10
procedures of parliamenta-
ry law, giving a six-minute
speech on a topic relat-
Rick Ball, Pasco, won Best
90s to 2004 car with a 2002
Ford Thunderbird. Best
2005 and newer car belongs
to Eric Cayce of Heppner,
a 2015 Dodge Challenger
Super Bee.
Best foreign car or
pickup was a 1972 Triumph
TR6 belonging to Chris
Roop, Pendleton and best
Restomod car winner was
Michael Johnson of Ontar-
io with a 1969 Chevy C10
step-side pickup.
Best Muscle Car be-
longed to Gary Carr of
The Dalles, a 1967 Chevy
Camaro; Best Paint was
a 1960 Ford Thunderbird
belonging to Betty Burns
of Ione and Best Street Rod
was a 1936 Pontiac two-
door owned by Sam Bilyeu By David Sykes
Kraig Cutsforth has
of The Dalles.
been hired by the Heppner
City Council as the new
city manager. Cutsforth,
58, comes to the job with
a wide range of experience
in both government and the
private sector, including a
stint as Burns City Manag-
Area pastors are invited to submit Easter messages to the Heppner Gazette-Times
er and seven years on the
for publication in the April 17 newspaper. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Monday,
Hermiston city council. “I
April 15.
am honored to be able to
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serve the city of Heppner
P.O. Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836, faxed to 541-676-9211 or brought into the Ga-
as the city manager. I will
zette-Times office, 188 W. Willow in Heppner.
work hard to deliver pos-
itive results,” he told the
Gazette-Times Tuesday.
Cutsforth takes over
from his sister Kim Cuts-
forth who has served previ-
ously in the same position
Morrow County Health
and is currently the inter-
District hosted its annual
im manager. The council
employee recognition ban-
appointed Cutsforth at a
quet on last Friday, recog-
special city council meeting
nizing employees for their
last Wednesday, and then
years of service.
announced his hiring at its
Longevity Awards for
regular monthly meeting
five years of service were
Monday. His first day on the
presented to Regina Bran-
job will be May 1.
non, medical assistant at
Other experiences in
Pioneer Memorial Clinic,
Cutsforth background in-
Kris Jones, primary care
clude branch manager of
services manager, Rachel
the Heppner Communi-
Schonbachler, RN, Min-
ty Bank, a self-employed
dy Smith, RN and Lauren
Crum, RN.
Vicki Rayburn and Sheila Botti, recipients of the 2018 Morrow
Awards for ten years County Health District Service Excellence Award.
of service were presented years of service was Kim Sheila Botti, medical as-
to Dr. Russ Nichols, clinic Thompson, patient care sistant and limited x-ray
physician and hospital chief coordinator at Pioneer Me- technician at Irrigon Medi-
of staff; Diana Sharp, med- morial Clinic and Susie cal Clinic. “Both have only
ical laboratory technician; Thompson, RN at Pioneer been employed with the
Shawn Cutsforth, informa- Memorial Hospital and district for a relatively short
tion services manager; Lori Clinic received the award time and both were nom-
inated in the spirit of the
Jones, certified medication for 30 years of service.
T h e 2 0 1 8 S e r v i c e award for their continuing
aide, Pioneer Memorial
Hospital and Del Turner, Excellence Awards were efforts of going above and
paramedic, Boardman Am- granted to Vicki Rayburn, beyond what is expected
current housekeeper and of them in their positions,”
bulance station.
The recipient of the cook at Pioneer Memorial stated Bob Houser, CEO.
Longevity Award for 25 Hospital in Heppner and
Pastors invited to submit Easter
messages to G-T
Morrow County Health
District hosts annual banquet
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Jake Heideman
ing to agriculture or the
FFA, serving as an officer,
committee chairperson or
participating member of a
chapter committee; Have
a satisfactory scholastic
record as certified by the
local agricultural education
instructor and the principal
or superintendent. Must
have an accumulative GPA
of 2.0 as of Dec. 31 of the
year applying. GPA is based
on the last term/semester
completed;
Have participated in the
planning and completion
of the chapter’s program of
activities; Have participated
in a total of 30 activities
with at least five FFA ac-
tivities above the chapter
level. Chapter meetings do
not count. Example: The
same activity completed for
three years counts as three
activities;
Have participated in a
minimum of 10 school and/
or community activities.
Example: The same activity
completed for three years
counts as three activities;
Completed at least 25 hours
of community service in a
minimum of two different
activities. All hours are cu-
mulative. i.e. - the 10 hours
used to obtain the chapter
degree can be used toward
the state degree. The com-
munity service hours must
be in addition to hours spent
on paid or unpaid SAE proj-
ects. The hours cannot serve
a dual purpose in fulfilling
both community service
and SAE requirements.
Heideman, the son of
Deacon and Erin Heide-
man, is a junior at Ione
Community School and
participates in football, bas-
ketball, track, trap-shoot-
ing, 4-H and FFA.
Kraig Cutsforth hired as new
city manager
Brings wide range government and business
experience to job
rental property investor, six
years of human resource
activities for the Dept. of
Ecology and Dept. of Cor-
rections and an economic
analyst for the Dept. of
Ecology for the state of
Washington. He has a BS
degree in business adminis-
tration from the University
of Oregon.
On the subject of bud-
geting, which the city has
had problems with in the
recent past, Cutsforth said
in a letter to the council,
“Experience on the budget
committee at the City of
Hermiston, creating two
budgets in Burns and 16
years in the finance industry
makes me very knowledge-
able about budgets and
finances.”
He also pointed out his
wide experience in deal-
ing with the problems fac-
ing small cities, saying he
has “led many committees
over the years such as bud-
get, sewer, street lighting,
streets, refuse, land plan-
ning, water and economic
development in Hermiston
and Burns.”
Kraig Cutsforth
Creeks and lake “looking
really good”
In other business at
Monday’s meeting the
council heard from coun-
cilmember and Undersher-
iff John Bowles, who said
with the recent minor flood-
ing and large water runoff
he toured the creeks and
lake around Heppner and
talked with the Corp of
Engineers who assured him
“we are looking really good
right now,” Bowles told the
council.
During the recent flood-
ing and highwater runoff it
was reported that the Corps
reduced output from the
dam substantially includ-
ing a complete shutdown
-See NEW CITY MANAGER/
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